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Early in 1870; a codex containing early Spanish vocal music had been discovered in the library of the Palacio Real in Madrid. The pieces which had been copied into the manuscript – entirely unknown up...

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Release Date: September 15, 2023

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In his younger years, Mozart was fiercely in love with the young Mannheim star singer Aloysia Weber (he was later to marry her sister Constanze). He tailored concert and interlude arias for her, which showed...

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Release Date: September 29, 2023

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With her soulful timbre, the Catalan singer Nuria Rial (born 1975) always appears intimate and authentic in the most natural way. Rial received her training at the conservatory of her hometown Barcelona and at the...

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Release Date: August 04, 2023

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Captain Tobias Hume was not only a military man, but also an accomplished musician and composer. Emma Kirkby and Paolo Pandolfo prove that in former times active military personnel were also capable of outstanding artistic...

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Release Date: September 29, 2023

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When people spoke of the "great Bach" during the 18th century, they were not referring to Johann Sebastian but to his son, Carl Philipp Emanuel. He was one of the main representatives of the Empfindsamer...

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Release Date: September 29, 2023

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Gaetano Nasillo is one of the most renowned baroque cellist. He regularly collaborates as a soloist with the most prestigious European ensembles on historic instruments, among them Ensemble 415, Concerto Vocale, Zefiro, Le Concert des...

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Release Date: August 04, 2023

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Although Bach obviously felt at home composing for the recorder and used it in important works such as the Brandenburg Concertos and several cantatas, he never composed a concerto for solo recorder - in fact,...

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Release Date: June 30, 2023

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The David harp is a type of harp from the German Baroque period. The figure of King David is usually depicted on the head of the harp column. The strings are fitted with brays, which...

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Release Date: June 30, 2023

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On 3 July 1502, a remarkable letter with a bold and daring proposal went on a ship from Genoa to Istanbul, signed by one of the most brilliant minds of his time: Leonardo da Vinci....

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Release Date: May 19, 2023

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The birth of opera began around 1600 in Florence, where this new genre was used to accompany important political events. The court conductor Marco da Gagliano, who had also become acquainted with Monteverdi's new style...

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Release Date: May 19, 2023

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With Jean-Baptiste Stuck’s Polydore, György Vashegyi’s directing talents alight once again on a French opera from the era between Lully and Rameau. Whist Louis XIV’s reign was gradually drawing to a close, his nephew, duke...

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Release Date: April 21, 2023

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Paris, London, Naples, Venice … and Lisbon! The cartography of the (late) baroque music of Europe gives an ever better overview also of the musical happenings in the Portuguese capital in the 18th century. The...

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Release Date: April 21, 2023

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With his first Tragédie lyrique Andromaque (1780), Gretry broke unwritten laws of the French music theatre of his time: he had set to music a tragedy by the pillar saint Racine and departed far too...

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Release Date: March 17, 2023

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Thanks to the overwhelming success of his tenth opera L’italiana in Algeri (1813), the 21-year-old Gioachino Rossini definitively conquered the world stage as the greatest comic opera composer of his time. With this opera, which...

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Release Date: March 17, 2023

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Who doesn't like the ciaccona, ciacona or chaconne - the exuberant dance in which the upper voices fantasize over a bass scheme, imitating and inspiring each other? The ciaconna, which may have come to Spain...

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Release Date: January 20, 2023